Zhu Qiyu watched the ministers discussing in amusement.

The court meeting at Fengtian Palace was the most solemn and solemn occasion in the Ming Dynasty. There would be ceremonial officers to receive foreign envoys and determine national affairs and direction.

The Wenhua Palace Court Meeting is a place for quarrels, mainly to formulate various policies. When the parties are in the court meeting, they usually quarrel over some policy adjustments, but generally they do not talk to each other.

When you get to the Juxian Pavilion of the Jiangwu Hall, there are no taboos. They usually talk in low voices and whisper to each other, mainly discussing financial affairs.

In a personal interview, as long as what you say makes sense, there is nothing you can't say.

Zhu Qiyu has told a lot of stories, such as the Japanese country has mountains of gold and silver, Java and Horumus make oil flow when they stamp their feet, and Rome has ivory doors, but these stories are not very attractive.

The Ministry of Husbandry was the most active in going to Japan to mine gold and silver mountains because it wanted to solve the money shortage. It went to Java to dig for oil in Horumos. The Ministry of Rites was the most active because it wanted to illuminate every household in the Ming Dynasty. It went to Samarkand and Rome to find ivory.

Not many people responded.

But as soon as it was mentioned that there was arable land, everyone immediately took action, and everyone was extremely positive.

Farming is the common desire of the people and one of the uses of the country.

The attraction of this thing is greater than gold, silver and oil, and right at the doorstep, there is a large island with an area of ​​0.3 Zhejiang waiting for the Ming Dynasty to develop.

Zhu Qiyu found that using farmland to narrate the story was the most attractive and the easiest to be accepted by people.

"I also want to build ships and go to sea. The Ministry of War also wants to build ships and train the navy. The Ministry of Rites also wants to build ships. The Ministry of Husbandry also wants to build ships. This is the errand of the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Industry wants to build ships even more." Zhu Qiyu interrupted the discussion of the courtiers.

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The Ministry of Works only had work to do after His Majesty ascended the throne. During the Xuande and Zhengtong years, they completed two major projects, the imperial mausoleum.

Xuanzong's imperial mausoleum was supervised by Zhang Chang, the uncle of Pengcheng, and King Jili's mausoleum was supervised by Sun Zhong, the uncle of Huichang, and the Ministry of Industry was just a handyman.

Since His Majesty ascended the throne, the Ministry of Industry only tried its best in Shijing Factory, and then the Construction Ministry of the Official Factory finally had a job to do.

If there is no work, there is no power. The Ministry of Works can barely be regarded as a remnant of the Mohist family, and its power is at the bottom of the six ministries.

Wang Zhi sat up straight and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Civil Affairs also supports shipbuilding. I see that Jilong Island has at least three government offices, three envoys, prefects and other official positions. This is also what the Ministry of Civil Affairs wishes."

Wang Zhi needed to express his attitude. Although he had never advised shipbuilding, as long as a new province was established, there would be a lot of official appointments, and the officials would naturally be willing to support shipbuilding.

He is a master who is pretending to be confused, but at this moment, he needs to take a stand.

There are too many officials in the Ming Dynasty. There are at least three people waiting in line for each trap. This is the current situation.

Of course the officials would like to have more offices, so that everyone can be promoted and the officials will be scolded less.

Yu Shiyue, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, looked left and right. Why was he the only one among the six departments who failed to express his position?

He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I also support shipbuilding!"

As for the reason, Yu Shiyue didn't know how to discuss the matter from the functions of the Ministry of Justice. He thought for a while and said: "From the perspective of social stability... In short, I support it."

The contradiction between people and land will cause many conflicts, especially some group incidents, which will cause great trouble to the Ministry of Punishment.

Every summer and autumn, there are two taxes, armed tax resistance, one after another, sea opening, shipbuilding, and land reclamation, which are of great significance to alleviate the contradiction between man and land and reduce vicious cases.

Yu Shiyue was just in a moment of impatience and he was clumsy and didn't know how to explain his thoughts clearly, but he originally supported it.

Chen Yi, the General Secretary of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, said with great conviction: "Your Majesty, let me go to Jilong Island!"

Chen Yi was really fed up with the idiots under his command. They were always chattering and could not clearly see the situation in the DPRK, but they always provoked people they shouldn't have provoked.

First, he hit Hu Xi of the Ministry of Rites, who sprayed chicken feathers all over the ground. Then he targeted Wang Zhi, the official of the Ministry of Personnel, and was defeated by a little bachelor of the Ministry of Rites, who turned an army against him.

Chen Yi felt that it would be better for him to go to the local area to do some practical things. Working on this general constitution was like sitting on pins and needles.

No matter whether he is in the position of the General Constitution, he will always say sincerely: It doesn’t matter!

Chen Yi said with great conviction: "Your Majesty, the newly opened land must be in need of water control and water conservancy construction. I controlled the water in Zhangqiu and then went to Hetao to control the water. I have experience in water control. I went to Jilong Island. Within three years, I

I will open up thousands of miles of fertile land for Your Majesty!"

New land must be built with water conservancy projects. What Chen Yi said makes sense.

Zhu Qiyu saw that all the ministers had expressed their opinions and confirmed the necessity of shipbuilding. Even Chen Yi planned to go to the local area in person to be the governor-general and support shipbuilding with practical actions.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Jin Lian and said: "Jin Shangshu, how long has it been since the book of shipwrights in the Ministry of Revenue was re-registered? When Emperor Taizong Wen built the Ming Dynasty Navy, there were more than 20,000 craftsmen on the list.

There are about 10,000 people registered as corvees."

"Twenty-eight years." Jin Lian thought for a moment and sighed.

Just like the register of wealthy households that has not been updated in fifty years, the register of shipwrights has not been updated in twenty-eight years.

In the sixth year of Yongle, a craftsman's register was set up to clear the records. The registered craftsmen include boatmen, bamboo craftsmen, rope craftsmen, boat wood craftsmen, blacksmiths, etc., totaling more than 20,000 people.

For example, there are 523 people in Changzhou County, Suzhou Prefecture, including 270 carpenters, 78 canopy craftsmen, 86 bamboo craftsmen, 43 rope craftsmen, and 21 ship carpenters.

, twenty-five blacksmiths.

These 20,000 people are the living craftsmen of 20,000 households, and the annual silver payment alone exceeds 9,000 taels and 300,000 shi meters.

"Wood is fir, nan, pine, sandalwood, miscellaneous wood, bamboo is green bamboo, cat bamboo, bamboo, Da bamboo, iron is cutting iron, steel, building iron, new nails, yellow nails, nail blanks, iron wire, iron

anvil,

Can our Ming Dynasty make iron bars, poles, and thallium scales?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Shi Pu and asked. Shi Pu returned to Beijing from Kaifeng Mansion to report on his work, and Zhu Qiyu asked him to attend the Salt and Iron Conference.

Shi Pu said helplessly: "No."

The sea has not been opened for twenty-eight years. In addition to losing its craftsmen, Ming Dynasty also lost its industrial chain. How to build it? Taking the blueprint and searching according to it, you can only find toads, but not the thousand-mile horse.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Hu Hui again and asked: "Hu Shangshu, in the ninth year of Zhengtong, King Jili ordered Guo Yan to build ships and led the eight prefectures to build ships. Now Guo Yan is in Guizhou, and the original craftsmen are scattered. Hu Shangshu,

How much does a person’s heart cost?”

Hu Xi shook his head and said: "The human heart is priceless."

One hundred and twenty ships were built in the ninth year of Zhengtong, but in the end they were burned down by the so-called civil uprising. The craftsmen later dispersed, and people's hearts dispersed. How could it be so easy for the court to start building ships again?

How many shipbuilders build private ships, but they are not safer than building ships for the public? At least private shipbuilding will not cause civil commotion or fires to burn ships.

Zhu Qiyu looked around and said helplessly: "The imperial court has lost the ability to build five thousand sealing boats and five types of treasure ships. This is the result of twenty-eight years."

The largest of the six types of treasure ships is called Fengzhou. It usually has a length of 5,000 pieces, nine masts and twelve sails, and a full load displacement of about 2,500 tons.

The remaining five types, according to different uses, range from 1,500 to 2,500 materials, that is, the displacement ranges from 750 tons to 1,500 tons.

The Trinidad, the flagship of Magellan's circumnavigation, was only 110 tons.

The Ming Dynasty has lost the ability to build large ships with more than a thousand materials. The maximum it can build is a battleship with 400 materials, which is a battleship specialized in maritime operations.

The Ming Dynasty had castrated its own shipbuilding ability. Some people were creating this kind of wind power to prevent the imperial court from opening the sea, and even did not hesitate to create civil uprisings.

After the Ming Dynasty lost its invincible fleet, those who made noises, especially maritime merchants, did not benefit.

Because the shipping routes were blocked, piracy became rampant, Japanese pirates began to overflow, and disobedient behavior by feudal vassals abounded.

Pirates and Japanese pirates even caused a fire in Shuri Castle in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "In the sixth year of Yongle, Emperor Taizong Wen ordered a sea ship from Zheyang to transport 800,000 grains to Beiya, along the Huitong River, and the Wei River for transshipment by flat canoe. In the tenth year of Yongle, another one million grains were brought.

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"In the fifth year of Xuande's reign, 500 foreign ships went to the Huai'an shipyard for repairs, but failed. Then they went to the Linqing shipyard for repairs, but the repairs failed. They went to the Longjiang shipyard for repairs, but the repairs failed. They went back to the original shipyard for repairs."

"In the first year of Zhengtong, the nine-year-old King Jili ordered that the ship-building flag army should not comply with the conduct of the ship, and the year-end shipping Zheyang ships should be repaired here."

"From the third year of Zhengtong to the fifth year of Zhengtong, old ships were burned, and only No. 7 pond was left in Longjiang Shipyard Jiutang."

"In the 10th year of Zhengtong, King Jili ordered that no craftsmen be allowed to do the work, and that the remaining military workers should be used to reduce the stock of materials and provide them with supplies."

To reduce inventory, we are responsible for civilian labor such as shipbuilding and warehouses.

In the 10th year of Zhengtong, because his attempt to sail to the Western Seas failed, King Jili directly stopped his salary, and the vigorous Yongle shipbuilding activities came to a complete end.

Now you think about building a ship? Why did you go there so early?

It is easy to throw out a basin of water; it is difficult to take it back.

It is easy to kill a person; it is impossible to bring a dead person back to life.

It is always easier to destroy than to build.

From Ming Renzong to King Jili, in the past twenty-eight years, all the original construction was finally destroyed.

After Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, the entire conference room fell silent, extremely quiet.

What His Majesty said is true. Most of them have witnessed what happened during the Zhengtong period. It is more difficult to rebuild the Ming shipbuilding industry now than it was during the Yongle period.

Because people's hearts have been completely dispersed, and those who still think of opening the sea are basically lonely ghosts, and there is no such condition.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the ministers and said calmly: "We can build ships. Money is not a problem. The Ministry of Revenue has no money, but I have plenty."

"But how to make it?"

"What kind of wood should be used? Where can we find the craftsmen? Where should the factory be built? How much should we build? What should we build? This all needs to be carefully discussed."

It was the first time that the Yantie Financial Conference was so quiet. His Majesty talked about the phenomenon and the problem, and also found the specific reasons. Now it is time to discuss the solutions.

Yu Qian saw that everyone was silent and said: "Your Majesty, I actually didn't think it was that bad. For example, the most difficult matter is the shipbuilder. Your Majesty issued a decree calling on the shipbuilders to work as live craftsmen in the shipyard. Naturally, there will be shipwrights."

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Zhu Qiyu looked at Yu Qian with a frown, because Yu Qian said something inexplicable.
To be continued...